Desperate Reader

' Kidnapped ' was a childhood favourite - or more specifically a favourite from the years that seem to be classed as young adult n...

For me one of the most attractive things about the Ragnarok myth is that it is the end of the gods rather than the end of the world so i...

‘ The Hurricane Party’ was a penny purchase from amazon – and even if it turns out not to be a book to cherish you can’t go wrong at a penn...

So far I’ve confined my online book buying activities to amazon. I’m not really a fan of internet shopping, believing very strongly that mon...

After ‘ The Warden’ I really wanted to get stuck straight into ‘ Barchester Towers’ but have so far resisted partly to give me the time to...

Where to even start with this book? It’s one that I’ve picked up a few times over the years – lured by the book cover, only to put it down a...

Part of the Canongate myth series, this book ticked so many boxes for me and yet for some reason I’m struggling to pin it down. Still I’m go...